Community Service Society of New York
New York, NY · EIN 13-5562202. Reported 177 grants totalling $33.8M to 69 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Community Service Society of New York, the IRS classifies it under human services rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE P200) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 69 distinct organizations, with 8% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 93% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $107,420. Half of what it reported fell between $65,000 and $298,947; the smallest was $5,003 and the largest $1,107,880. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIDS Community Resources | Syracuse, NY | $2,601,628 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Finger Lakes Community Health Inc | Penn Yan, NY | $2,178,689 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Medicare Rights Center Inc | New York, NY | $2,079,037 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Adirondack Health Institute Inc | Plattsburgh, NY | $1,894,747 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc | Albany, NY | $1,780,740 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York Inc | New York, NY | $1,582,589 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Make the Road New York | Brooklyn, NY | $1,305,864 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Legal Assistance of Western New York Inc | Rochester, NY | $1,239,581 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Legal Services Inc | Buffalo, NY | $1,127,694 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New York Legal Assistance Group Incorporated | New York, NY | $1,104,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Westchester Disabled on the Move Inc | Yonkers, NY | $1,022,074 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Glens Falls Independent Living Center Inc | Queensbury, NY | $1,000,385 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Healthy Capital District Initiative | Albany, NY | $943,591 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Empire Justice Center | Rochester, NY | $924,130 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Legal Action Center of the City of New York Inc | New York, NY | $900,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York Inc | Albany, NY | $832,365 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Legal Services of Long Island Inc | Islandia, NY | $671,428 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Southern Tier Independence Center Inc | Binghamton, NY | $581,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Human Services Coalition of Tompkins County Inc | Ithaca, NY | $496,891 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| South Asian Council for Social Serv Ices Inc | Flushing, NY | $485,426 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $456,944 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bronxworks Inc | Bronx, NY | $403,917 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Coordinated Care Services Inc | Rochester, NY | $390,203 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New York State Association of Community Mental Health Centers in | Albany, NY | $371,732 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Asian Americans for Equality Inc | New York, NY | $370,868 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chenango Health Network Inc | Norwich, NY | $343,438 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Legal Services of the Hudson Valley | White Plains, NY | $324,845 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Emerald Isle Immigration Center Inc | Woodside, NY | $321,652 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Western New York Independent Living Inc | Buffalo, NY | $318,683 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York Inc | Bayside, NY | $313,335 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Legal Services Corp a | Brooklyn, NY | $306,307 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley Inc | Troy, NY | $302,795 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City Limits News Inc | New York, NY | $261,251 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Action for Older Persons Inc | Endicott, NY | $258,943 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Civil Service Employees Association | Lockport, NY | $237,256 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Urban Health Plan Inc | Bronx, NY | $217,357 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Health and Welfare Council of Long Island Inc | Huntingtn Sta, NY | $213,142 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mother and Babies Perinatal Network of Scny Inc | Johnson City, NY | $207,887 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cortland County Chamber of Commerce Inc | Cortland, NY | $197,684 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Health Action of Staten Island Inc | Staten Island, NY | $197,378 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Counseling Services of Cortland County Inc | Cortland, NY | $194,961 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Save the Michaels of the World Inc | Newfane, NY | $187,362 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family and Childrens Association | Garden City, NY | $184,048 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jericho Road Ministries | Buffalo, NY | $182,367 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Actors Fund of America | New York, NY | $161,950 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nassau Suffolk Hospital Council Inc | Hauppauge, NY | $157,754 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc | New York, NY | $157,345 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial Inc | Yonkers, NY | $156,176 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Parachute Credit Counseling Inc | West Seneca, NY | $152,718 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Outreach Center Inc | Monsey, NY | $151,303 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Long Island | Deer Park, NY | $146,072 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maternal-Infant Services Network of Orange Sullivan & Ulster Cnty Inc | Newburgh, NY | $142,990 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Corning Council for Assistance and Information for the Disabled Inc | Corning, NY | $142,264 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Second Chance Opportunities | Albany, NY | $138,132 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Day Care Council of New York Inc | New York, NY | $125,460 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Phoenix Houses of Long Island Inc | Long Is City, NY | $114,917 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Urban Justice Center | New York, NY | $104,962 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healthy Community Alliance Inc | Gowanda, NY | $68,888 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southern Tier Health Care System Inc | Olean, NY | $67,205 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Perinatal Network Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $56,085 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lake Plains Community Care Network Inc | Batavia, NY | $54,803 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Living Independently Is for Everyone at Rcil Inc | Utica, NY | $52,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway Peninsula Inc | Far Rockaway, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| P O M O C Inc | Ridgewood, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Young Mens and Young Womens Hebrew Association of Washington Heights | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hartley House | New York, NY | $24,569 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Volunteer Lawyers Project of Cny Inc | Syracuse, NY | $21,397 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York Public Interest Research Group Fund Inc | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Network for Good Inc | Washington, DC | $7,030 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
59 of 69 (86%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 50 of 69 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | $78,775 | $39,387 |
| 2021 | 55 | $10.3M | $107,425 |
| 2022 | 58 | $11.7M | $108,852 |
| 2023 | 62 | $11.7M | $108,592 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
100% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $107,420 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Community Service Society of New York's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 633 Third Avenue 10TH Floor, New York, NY, 10017.
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